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CINCINNATI'S RICH MEN.; SOME OF ITS CITIZENS WHO ARE CREDITED WITH THE POSSESSION OF MILLIONS.

Forty years ago there were only three millionaires in Cincinnati. Nicholas Longworth, who died in 1862, leaving a fortune of nearly $10,000,000; Jacob Burnet and James Ferguson, who died in 1853, each leaving about $2,000,000. At the present time the knowing ones, with great unanimity, say that David Sinton is the richest man here, and that place his wealth at anywhere between $5,000,000 ...

December 10, 1880

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